The usual pattern of the parallel sentence is the series.In this construction, three or more elements of the same grammatical pattern are linked together.
A.Parallel Structure with single words or phrases
Parallelism may be secured by having a series of nouns, adjectives, gerund phrases, or clauses.
Example:
1. wrong: All her employers found Judy to be intelligent, able and a hardworker.
Correct:All her employers found Judy to be intelligent, able and hardworking.
(Intelligent and able are predicate adjective; hardworker, a predicate noun was not parallel.)
2. wrong: Because Isaac memorizes, acts and can sing well, he is a musical director’s ideal performer.(series of verbs)
Correct: Because Isaac memorizes, acts and sings well, he is a musical director’s ideal performer.
3.Our aim is to introduce new method, to try it out on the students, and to find out its effectivity.(series of infinitive phrases)
4.Please hand me my handbag, watch earrings and fan. (series of nouns)
5.They enjoy reading,painting, dancing, and hiking.(series of gerunds)
6.Anthony liked to spend his time in the library, in the biology laboratory, and at the soccer game.(series of prepositional phrases)
B.Words or group of words joined by coordinating conjunction must have the same grammatical function.
Example:
1.She likes playing games and watching television.(gerund phrases)
2.Your barangay leader will be either Mr. Samson or Mrs. Rodriguez.(nouns)
3.Neither the Muslim leaders nor the government accepted the proposed solution to the Mindanao problem of the Islamic Conference secretariat-general.(nouns)
4.The order to arrest drug addicts, pushers, and suppliers must be uniformly applied,for the drug menace has grown to alarming proportions.(independent clauses)
C.When making a comparison with theuse of as or than,make sure that the words compared are grammatical elements of the same kind.
Example:
1.My work is as heavy your work.(or yours)
2.Maria’s father is as hardworking as Josefa’s father.(or Josefa’s)
3.Our patriotism is as intense as theirs.
4.The delegates form the Southeast Asian nations are more knowledgeable in banking procedures than those from the Middle East.
D.Maintain parallelism I sentences using correlative conjunctii
